Stewart stars as Sally Ride in the series about the events leading up to and following the 1986 Challenger disaster.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. I has a massive impact on the national psyche, and on the future of NASA missions. Maybe you remember it, maybe it was before your time.

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

CBS spent millions on ‘The Young Astronauts,’ but plans for the space-themed cartoon were abandoned after Challenger exploded in 1986.